The truth is that Vista wasn’t that bad if you had the right hardware, unfortunately Microsoft didn’t enforce any minimums and so most of us never really saw the ‘good side’ of Vista (though Windows 7 cured many of these problems). Microsoft isn’t repeating any of these mistakes with its Windows 8 tablets, and has already set some specific hardware requirements that all Win8 tablets will have to meet.

Who knows, I doubt it myself since it’s really too early for Apple if we go by their past release dates. What we do know is that it could potentially show off the new iOS 5.1, which is currently in developer testing.

Now it seems that both Apple and Samsung might be making a move down this road as well, as both are actively looking into a hi-tech spray that make smartphones waterproof, and such technology could even arrive with the iPhone 5.

If the idea of knobs, buttons, and standard controls sounds like the last thing you’d wish to find in a car, look no further than Mercedes-Benz new concept control system, Dynamic & Intuitive Control Experience (DICE).

Recently, many major tablets like the Asus Transformer Prime, have begun receiving Android 4.0 updates. In response, Motorola is bringing Ice Cream Sandwich to Motorola Xoom tablets – at least for a few lucky ones out there.

The system is a bit bulky, but it is somewhat expected for something packing this much power. The Series 7 Gamer is powered by a third-gen Core i7 (Ivy Bridge) CPU, 2GB of dedicated video RAM, and even a 2TB HDD and Blu-Ray thrown in the mix.

Recently there has been a much larger push for electric cars, for example, the all-electric Honda Fit EV. While this is good news, the problem with most electric models presented is that there is still some pretty serious limitations when it comes to driving distance and (to a lesser extent) speed. Of course, this isn’t the case for the new Sim-Drive SIM-LEI prototype EV.

This year MMT returns with a revamped version of Monitor2Go. The display has a 15.6-inch screen, a 1600×900 resolution, and your choice of an iPad 2 or Android tablet slot hinged up to a rotatable display that can turn up, down, clockwise, and counterclockwise.

With the touch-optimized Windows 8 soon on its way, you would think that every hardware maker out there would have a big “On Hold” sign over any possible plans for Windows tablets until late-2012. Of course you’d be wrong, as Viewsonic announced at CES that it is releasing the new ViewPad 10i.